Saw it in 3D with my 15 year old son and found it really fun. To me, it was probably the best big budget super hero movie Ive seen other than maybe Superman 1 & Spiderman 1. Probably better come to think about it,

Three reasons:

It knew what it was, and most importantly knew what it wasn't. CoughcoughDarkKnightpreachypoliticalbullshitcoughcough. Good guys get sucker punched. Good guys up against disaster and pushed to the edge of defeat despite struggling valiently. Deus ex mechina (Hulk). Good guys triumph over evil. ScarJo in tight leather.

Quality actors. Downey has this stuff nailed. Sam being Sam.

Really epic job at blowing shit up.

No one is going to confuse this with film who has half a brain, but I'd still rather go see this movie than any over wrought Malik crap.

I was told the Hulk is the "king of kickass", which is cool since the previous 2 stand alone movies were a shitburger deluxe. I guess he and Loki have a memorable confrontation.

I may go see it tonight.

No big budget, CGI rant?

Hmm.... that's an early Oscar contender then.

It's comic book movie, I like comic books. Most comic book movies have been really bad. I'm one of the 9 people on Earth that didn't like Batman Begins or The Dark Knight. I want to see a cool version of The Hulk, because Hulk is badass.

Saw it last Saturday night. I loved it. It's exactly what they intended it to be. Not deep at all, just 100% popcorn fun.

It's funny that my theater laughed harder at the Hulk/Loki moment than at anything in an actual comedy movie I've seen in years.

I had a little moment when they were at the Stuttgart thing when the old man stood up to Loki. (i.e. when they are in Public Square) I was watching when they were filming that.

There's another short scene at the very end of the credits. It's different than the one CDT is talking about. Not relevant to the future films at all, but it's a little funny callback to something Tony Stark said.

Only a few rivals in terms of pure power I can think of. Galactus? The Beyonder? Weird gold dude with 3 faces.

One day I was at a book store looking for a Qur'an and whammo I see Thanos teaming up with "good guys" cuz his sister somehow got ahold of the Infinity Guantlet, I forgot what I was doing and spent about 10 minutes skimming.

Ya, Galactus was the first that came to mind. Though Apocalypse was always my favorite villian. Never got much past "mainstream" comics.

"When a man with money meets a man with experience, the man with experience leaves with money and the man with money leaves with experience."

Only a few rivals in terms of pure power I can think of. Galactus? The Beyonder? Weird gold dude with 3 faces.

One day I was at a book store looking for a Qur'an and whammo I see Thanos teaming up with "good guys" cuz his sister somehow got ahold of the Infinity Guantlet, I forgot what I was doing and spent about 10 minutes skimming.

Ya, Galactus was the first that came to mind. Though Apocalypse was always my favorite villian. Never got much past "mainstream" comics.

He was "killed" by Doomsday, sans Kryptonite. But in comics, the dead rarely stay dead. Then they wrote an awful return arc with Johnathan Kent, The Eradicator (the Last Son Of Krypton), and the regeneration matrix.

But anyway, Superman sucks, he's a stiff just like Batman. I'm not surprised you like a Wonder Bread character like him.

Thanos would destroy Superman. He has the power manipulate matter on a molecular level. He could make a kryptonite cock and fuck Superman to death.

He was "killed" by Doomsday, sans Kryptonite. But in comics, the dead rarely stay dead. Then they wrote an awful return arc with Johnathan Kent, The Eradicator (the Last Son Of Krypton), and the regeneration matrix.

But anyway, Superman sucks, he's a stiff just like Batman. I'm not surprised you like a Wonder Bread character like him.

Thanos would destroy Superman. He has the power manipulate matter on a molecular level. He could make a kryptonite cock and fuck Superman to death.

He was "killed" by Doomsday, sans Kryptonite. But in comics, the dead rarely stay dead. Then they wrote an awful return arc with Johnathan Kent, The Eradicator (the Last Son Of Krypton), and the regeneration matrix.

But anyway, Superman sucks, he's a stiff just like Batman. I'm not surprised you like a Wonder Bread character like him.

Thanos would destroy Superman. He has the power manipulate matter on a molecular level. He could make a kryptonite cock and fuck Superman to death.

Yes. He would need the IG to control matter. Even without it he's still one of the most powerful characters in Marvell. Warlock knows Thanos better than anyone, maybe even Death. Warlock always seems to need Thanos' help. I'm a big AW fan, one of the most underrated dudes in comics, but Thanos is more powerful.

He was "killed" by Doomsday, sans Kryptonite. But in comics, the dead rarely stay dead. Then they wrote an awful return arc with Johnathan Kent, The Eradicator (the Last Son Of Krypton), and the regeneration matrix.

But anyway, Superman sucks, he's a stiff just like Batman. I'm not surprised you like a Wonder Bread character like him.

Thanos would destroy Superman. He has the power manipulate matter on a molecular level. He could make a kryptonite cock and fuck Superman to death.

There's something about a 6'10" man being so into comics that makes me laugh.

Meanwhile I could handle Thanos with one hand tied behind my back, I'd just close the book.

Criminals in this town used to believe in things...honor, respect."I heard your dog is sick, so bought you this shovel"

He was "killed" by Doomsday, sans Kryptonite. But in comics, the dead rarely stay dead. Then they wrote an awful return arc with Johnathan Kent, The Eradicator (the Last Son Of Krypton), and the regeneration matrix.

But anyway, Superman sucks, he's a stiff just like Batman. I'm not surprised you like a Wonder Bread character like him.

Thanos would destroy Superman. He has the power manipulate matter on a molecular level. He could make a kryptonite cock and fuck Superman to death.

There's something about a 6'10" man being so into comics that makes me laugh.

Meanwhile I could handle Thanos with one hand tied behind my back, I'd just close the book.

Once I remembered that it was filmed in Cleveland, I spent the latter 30 minutes of the movie enjoying the fight scenes and watching the buildings to see all the cleveland buildings.....looking for the seams in the CGI. Pretty entertaining.

Movie gets an A from me. Just light enough, didn't take itself to seriously, and didn't drag. Hope they make another 1 or 2 on the Avengers plotline, now that they've built it up, appropriately.

Wouldn't mind seeing an X-men crossover.

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Cerebral_DownTime wrote:The Avengers 2 will be a lot darker, characters are gonna die.

Think it'll be as good as Transformers II?

Sellout...

Transformers were awful movies with terrible acting that had to be compensated by giant CGI robots (which WERE the best actors). Avengers was a good movie with ok acting and some awesome scenes (Hulk doing anything. Loki was the best).

Cerebral_DownTime wrote:The Avengers 2 will be a lot darker, characters are gonna die.

Think it'll be as good as Transformers II?

Sellout...

Transformers were awful movies with terrible acting that had to be compensated by giant CGI robots (which WERE the best actors). Avengers was a good movie with ok acting and some awesome scenes (Hulk doing anything. Loki was the best).

Cerebral_DownTime wrote:The Avengers 2 will be a lot darker, characters are gonna die.

Think it'll be as good as Transformers II?

Sellout...

Transformers were awful movies with terrible acting that had to be compensated by giant CGI robots (which WERE the best actors). Avengers was a good movie with ok acting and some awesome scenes (Hulk doing anything. Loki was the best).